#EEC472#EEC472

#EEC472 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.112 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC472
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 114)
HSL	hsl(40, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(40, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 52.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.22, 5.13, 46.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.22, 46.72, 83.70°)
OKLab	oklab(84.01% 0.0138 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(84.01% 0.112 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.0395, 58.8751, 24.2233)
Luminance	0.5887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC472 #729CEE

analogous

#EE8672 #EEC472 #DAEE72

triadic

#EEC472 #72EEC4 #C472EE

tetradic

#EEC472 #72EE86 #729CEE #EE72DA

square

#EEC472 #72EE86 #729CEE #EE72DA

split-complementary

#EEC472 #72DAEE #8672EE

monochromatic

#CD9019 #E7AD3B #EEC472 #F5DBA9 #FBF2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EEC472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#EEC472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC472

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC472	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C36B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.112 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d59c',
    500: '#eec472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec472;
$custom-light: #f6d59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.677,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84007,
    "c": 0.11153,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC472

secondary

#3D6CC7

accent

#51DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC472

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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